From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-12-21T05:40:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Regexp Question: Checking for [joe][/joe] pairs

Hi Joe --

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Joe Peck wrote:

> Hey, I've got some text in @x and want there to be at least 1 and at
> most 3 [joe][/joe] pairs, each having at least one character between the
> beginning [joe] and the ending [/joe].
>
> This is what I have now, and it seems to sometimes work, and sometimes
> not.
>
> @x.match(/(\[joe\][\s\d\w]+?\[\/joe\]){1,3}/)

   require 'test/unit'

   class JoeTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     def setup
       @re = /(\[joe\][\s\d\w]+?\[\/joe\]){1,3}/
     end

     def test_ok
       assert("[joe]abc[/joe]".match(@re))
     end

     def test_broken
       # ???        <--- fill in the blank :-)
     end
   end


David

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